Answer» Correct Answer - Option 2 : Maluti
The correct answer is Maluti. - Maluti:
- It is a tiny village in Jharkhand with more than 70 exquisite terracotta temples dating back to the 17th century.
- It is known as the village of temples.
- It originally had an auspicious number of 108 temples, of which only 72 survives today.
- Maluti’s temples are decked with detailed and intricate terracotta carvings based on Hindu mythologies, especially the epics – Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
- The main temple of the Maluti site is Ma Mauliksha Temple, which is the main deity of the royal family of Baj Basanta Ray and the Guardian Goddess of Maluti.
- Global Heritage Fund has declared this site as one of the world’s 12 most endangered cultural heritage sites.
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